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representative and his mother ran her own
computer company.
Mr Cordell says he did not get on well with his
father who was a violent man. He was violent
towards Mr Cordell, Mr Cordell's mother and
siblings. Mr Cordell left home at the age of fifteen
and was homeless for a while. He was placed in to
care after stealing a pint of milk. He was placed in
a series of children's care homes around the UK
but says that each time he would steal a car and
drive back to London.
Mr Cordell said he was pushed hard to achieve at
school by his father and that he was "an A-star
student" for most of the time. He says he was
intelligent and would do the work at other times
and as a result would often just "mess about" in
class. He went on to college and studied engine
mechanics, completing a city & guilds
qualification. After leaving school he went on to
get jobs in the construction industry.
Mr Cordell says he has tried to build himself up a
business for providing party entertainment. At the
moment he says he is not able to earn from this
due to the restrictions of his bail.
Mr Cordell has had one long term relationship
which he describes as "my first true love". This is
with a woman called Diana who is currently
studying physiotherapy. They were together
thirteen years, but he says she has moved back out
of his flat in recent months. Mr Cordell thinks this
is
SIMON CORDELL
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
Mental Health NHS Trust
A University Teaching Trust

secondary to the repeated involvement of the
police in their lives and the stress this has caused.
Mr Cordell says he does not smoke tobacco and
does not drink alcohol.
Grandmother (? maternal) had BPAD and/or
schizophrenia
PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY in brief
Has previously been open to Enfield EIS,
discharged in March 2016 due to non-engagement
-Has been assessed under the MHA in 2014 and
early 2016 but was not detained as there was not
sufficient evidence of a mental disorder